Emotion Regulation of Pre-teens from Lower Socio-economic Background in Chennai

Abstract

The objective of the study is to aid the need for emotional regulation, identified among the population. The current study measures the emotional functioning, psychosocial functioning among the children from lower socioeconomic backgrounds in Chennai. The methodology used is Action research. Based on the results and existing literature, an intervention module is developed with 16 sessions for almost one month. After the interventions, the emotional functioning, psychosocial functioning was measured again and the t-test was done which shows a significant increase in the overall emotional and psychosocial functioning of the children. The significant results may be due the frequency of the intervention sessions and the interventions were exclusively developed based on the research studies. The sample consists of school going children who were able to adhere to the interventions which could have also contributed to the significant increase in the results.